§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list each non-departmental body and agency for which she has responsibility and, for each, list separate figures for the spending by that body or agency on(a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising, (d) other promotion materials and activities, (e) the totals in each year of (a) to (d) and (f) the proportion of (e) that was spent on recruitment advertising for each year since 1979–80 or for each year of its existence if it has been created since 1979–80; and what are her latest estimates of (a) to (f) for the years 1994–95 and 1995–96. [17604]
§ Mr. BoswellMy right hon. Friend has responsibility for the following non-departmental public bodies:
- Centre for Information on Language, Teaching and Research;
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- Funding Agency for Schools;
- Further Education Funding Council;
- Further Education Unit—to 31 March 1995;
- Higher Education Funding Council for England;
- National Council for Educational Technology;
- National Youth Agency;
- School Curriculum and Assessment Authority;
- Special Educational Needs Tribunal;
- Teacher Training Agency.
The Department has one next steps agency, the Teachers Pensions Agency.
Operational and managerial matters are the responsibility of the individual body concerned. I have therefore asked the chairman or chief executive of each body to write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Geoffrey Parker to Mrs. Ann Taylor, dated 5 April 1995:
I am writing at the request of Tim Boswell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Further and Higher Education, with information you requested in your recent Parliamentary Question about NDPB expenditure.The Teacher Training Agency was established last September so the figures below represent the estimated outturn for the period from September 1994 to March 1995. We do not have firm estimates for these items for 1995–96.
Expenditure 1994–95 £000s (a) Television advertising Nil (b) Radio advertising Nil (c) Newspaper advertising 44 (d) Other promotion materials and activities 39 (e) Total (a to d) 83 (f) Proportion of (e) spent on recruitment advertising 53 per cent. I hope this information is helpful.